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Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Despite His Billions, Bloomberg Busts — His rivals were ready. He was not. — You can buy ads and saturate the airwaves with them. You can buy allies, especially with the right budget. — But you can't buy a debate performance, and that's why Mike Bloomberg's on Wednesday night mattered so much.
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Kirsten Powers / USA Today:
Face facts, Bernie Sanders is electable — It's well past time to bury the ‘Bernie is unelectable’ trope. He has a better shot than moderate Bloomberg. — There has been a mass freak-out among the Democratic establishment as Bernie Sanders' continues to surge in the polls.
John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Nevada Democratic debate was the greatest debate in human history — Forget Lincoln and Douglas. Forget Nixon and Kennedy. Hell, forget the Athenians and the Melians back during the Peloponnesian War. Last night's Democratic primary slagfest in Nevada was the greatest debate in all of human history.
New York Times:
6 Takeaways From the Democratic Debate in Nevada — Bloomberg was on the defensive, Warren carved up her opponents and Klobuchar and Buttigieg tried to take each other down. The fiery debate signals a harsher campaign as Super Tuesday looms. — LAS VEGAS — Phew. That was a debate.
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Bonchie / Redstate:
The Nevada Debate Was a Total Disaster for Democrats — To this point in the cycle, it's been pretty cliche to pronounce Donald Trump the winner of each Democrat debate, and to a point, that's been true. Most of them have been unappealing slap fests for who can be the most radical and promise the most free stuff.
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NBC News:
Full transcript: Ninth Democratic debate in Las Vegas
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Ebony Bowden / New York Post:
Michael Bloomberg's campaign implodes onstage in Nevada Democratic debate
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Josh Greenman / New York Daily News:
With the exception of that one exchange, Bloomberg's debate performance was good enough
Robert A. George / New York Daily News:
Woman with a plan: Elizabeth Warren mounts a comeback — at Mike Bloomberg's expense
Politico:
Bloomberg takes a beating, Sanders defends socialism in fiery debate
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CNN:
6 takeaways from Democrats' Bloomberg pile-on in Nevada
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Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Warren mocks Klobuchar over ‘Post-it Note’ health care plan
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George J. Terwilliger III / Washington Post:
I was Barr's deputy attorney general. He did his job in the Roger Stone case. — George J. Terwilliger III, a partner at the law firm McGuireWoods, served in the Justice Department, including as deputy attorney general and acting attorney general. — Attorney General William P. Barr …
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Politico:
Trump allies target Mueller team, one by one — For months, a loose network of pro-Trump commentators and outside agitators has been urging the president to purge his administration of anyone and everyone involved in the Russia probe. — They've celebrated as many of the FBI …
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Cass R. Sunstein / New York Times:
Imagine That Donald Trump Has Almost No Control Over Justice — Congress should transform the department into an independent agency untouched by the president's whims. — Mr. Sunstein teaches at Harvard Law School. — In view of the intensifying controversy over the politicization …
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Mike Allen / Axios:
The new not-normal: Trump expands the boundaries of presidential power
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Republicans plead with Trump to leave Barr alone
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Bill Bostock / INSIDER:
The mass shooter who killed 9 in Germany published a racist manifesto where he identified as an incel and accused Trump of stealing his populist slogans — A mass shooter in the central German city of Hanau published a delusional, racist manifesto in which he accused US President Donald Trump …
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BBC:
Germany shooting: ‘Far-right extremist’ carried out shisha bars attacks — A suspected far-right extremist has killed at least nine people in attacks on two shisha bars in a city in western Germany, officials say. — Chancellor Angela Merkel said there were many signs the attacker in Hanau had acted out of racism.
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Washington Post:
After Germany shooting tied to far-right, Merkel says ‘racism is a poison’ the country must overcome
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Michael Isikoff / Yahoo News:
Rohrabacher confirms he offered Trump pardon to Assange for proof Russia didn't hack DNC email — WASHINGTON — Former California Republican congressman Dana Rohrabacher confirmed in a new interview that during a three-hour meeting at the Ecuadorian Embassy in August 2017 …
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Jonathan Mattise / Associated Press:
Bolton: Testimony wouldn't have changed impeachment outcome — NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Former national security adviser John Bolton on Wednesday denounced the House's impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump as “grossly partisan” and said his testimony would not have changed Trump's acquittal …
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Carol E. Lee / NBC News:
Bolton says his impeachment testimony would not have changed outcome
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New York Times:
Trump Names Richard Grenell as Acting Head of Intelligence — The move places a loyalist atop the intelligence agencies that the president has long battled. — WASHINGTON — President Trump on Wednesday named Richard Grenell, a vocal loyalist who quickly antagonized the German establishment …
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Ben Weingarten / The Federalist:
Why Richard Grenell As Director Of National Intelligence Is A Loss For The Deep State
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Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
In speech, Mulvaney says Republicans are hypocritical on deficits — Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said Wednesday night that the Republican Party is hypocritical when it comes to deficits, according to audio of an overseas speech obtained by The Washington Post.
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New York Times:
The 11 Criminals Granted Clemency by Trump Had One Thing in Common: Connections — The process bypassed the formal procedures used by past presidents and was driven instead by friendship, fame, personal empathy and a shared sense of persecution. — WASHINGTON — Early Tuesday morning, Bernard B. Kerik's telephone rang.
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Trump Job Approval Steady at 49% — WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump's job approval remains elevated at 49% in the latest Gallup poll, the same as in the previous poll and up five points from an early January poll conducted before Trump was acquitted by the Senate in his impeachment trial.
Tony Romm / Washington Post:
Political ads are flooding Hulu, Roku and other streaming services, revealing loopholes in federal election laws — With more Americans cutting the cord, watchdogs worry that voters lack a full understanding of who's trying to influence them — The ad that interrupted some Hulu subscribers …
Nihar Kabinittal / ABC News:
EXCLUSIVE: Florida feds knew of New York victim in Epstein indictment 11 years earlier — Before her testimony could be secured, Epstein cemented a controversial deal. — A woman whose allegations of childhood sex abuse in New York were central to last year's indictment of Jeffrey Epstein …
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Michael Linden / CNN:
Trump's budget will wreak havoc on the American economy — Michael Linden is the executive director of the Groundwork Collaborative and a fellow at the Roosevelt Institute. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. — Earlier this month, President Donald Trump released his 2021 budget proposal.
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